The acquisition of online gambling group Betfair plc by CWC Capital Partners appeared to be off early Tuesday as The Guardian newspaper reported that the gambling group’s directors had spurned the latest offer from the investment company. Just hours earlier both parties had agreed to a 24-hour extension of time for a renewed CVC offer. …
Police in Thailand and Malaysia continued to track down and close small online sports betting operations this week, with raids taking place in both countries. In Thailand the police in the Pattaya region busted a gang of South Koreans operating an online football gambling den in a condo on Soi Wongamart, North Pattaya. Working in …
The NYX Gaming Group and a subsidiary of Australian land gambling equipment and games developer Aristocrat Leisure Limited have inked an agreement allowing for the distribution of a number of slot titles to regulated European online gaming markets. Under the agreement, Aristocrat will deliver a number of its land-based slot titles to certain regulated online …
Finnish gaming operator Veikkaus, reporting on its first quarter ending March 31, 2013, said 36 percent of its net sales were now garnered from electronic channels. Key performance indicators include: – Betting turnover of Euro 479.1 million, up 4 percent. – Company revenues of Euro 136.4 million, up 1 percent. – Registered customers now total …
Ladbrokes’ Customer Experience Director Stephen Vowles will leave the company towards the end of August 2013, Marketing Week reports. Vowles will reportedly complete a restructure of Ladbrokes’ retail and digital marketing functions and strategies before he leaves the company and will not be replaced. “The creation of Ladbrokes Israel is a great opportunity to turbo …
A Betfair statement Monday said private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has been granted an additional 24 hours to commit to a firm bid for the online gambling firm. It is seemingly a collaborative decision between Betfair, CVC and Britain’s Takeover Panel as the extension required the go ahead from the Betfair Board, indicating the …
After months of press releases hyping its upcoming entry into the online gambling sector, Dublin bookie SeanieMac announced Monday that it has gone live with its Boyle Sports-powered white label sportsbook. SeanieMac is the re-branded title of Compliance Systems Corp, doing business as SeanieMac Limited, and plans to add online casino and mobile action, together …
Topjack Games will provide a suite of Lloyds of London-guaranteed jackpot games to PlanetWin365 following a deal inked this week. PlanetWin365 customers will be able to play slots, roulette, keno, instant lotto, bingo, video poker and scratch card games with multi-million dollar guaranteed jackpots. “We are absolutely over the moon to sign this deal with …
South African listed hotel and gaming group Sun International has announced the proposed acquisition of online fixed-odds sports betting operator Powerbet Gaming (PBG), which owns and operates Voltbet.com, during its third quarter results report. The group said it has identified online sportsbetting as a fast growing sector within the gaming industry and sees synergistic opportunities …
Casino Web Scripts’ developers have launched a multiplayer arcade horse racing game titled “Lucky Horse Derby”. The development team boasts the game features all the necessary ingredients to make it truly resemble an authentic horse race saying “the most important part of the game stands in the gambling options associated with it.” Lucky Horse Derby …
The majority of WMS Industries Inc. shareholders voted in favour of the proposed merger to Scientific Games at a special shareholder meeting held late last week. Scientific Games will pay around $ 1. 42 billion for the company with the merger expected to be completed towards the end of the year but is subject to …
The Isle of Man Government Minister for Economic Development John Shimmin MHK announced new delegations for the Department following the arrival of new political Members. Howard Quayle MHK, a new member, will oversee the e-gaming portfolio taking over the reins from Alex Downie OBE MLC. Quayle will additionally hold responsibility for the Isle of Man …
Virtual sportsbetting product provider Inspired Gaming Group (IGG) will expand into the Asian market following a deal signed with prominent sportsbook platform provider ONEworks. ONEworks will carry virtual sports content from IGG including football, horse racing, greyhound racing, speedway, motor racing, tennis and cycling.
Second screen game developer Living Sports, in partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and data provider SportStat, has launched Roulette Darts. The game is an interactive darts game allowing users to predict which will be the next winning double as they watch a match on TV or live. Predictions will be able to be …
The British and Irish horseracing and betting channel At The Races (ATR) has announced that it plans to launch its own broadband and mobile streaming division in July 2013. The London-based company has always managed licensing for the delivery to international and domestic bookmakers and other partners of its live Bet&Watch service and archived racing …
One of the principal defendants detained in a federal government sweep on illegal poker in New York recently, Vadim Trincher has been granted $10 million bail and could soon be out of jail, reports the New York Post. Bail and home confinement was granted by Manhattan federal Judge Jesse Furman Friday despite the protests of …
During a visit to Las Vegas the founder of the Boing Boing website, Mark Frauenfelder, had the opportunity to dig a little deeper into how modern slots are developed with Bally Technologies’ director of game development, Brett Jackson, who gave some insight into the surprisingly complex innovation, psychology and design behind the slot machines that …
Italian online punters with a yen for P2P betting exchange action could see their wish list fulfilled before the end of this (May) month as the Italian regulator AAMS moves closer to including this wagering format in its acceptable list of betting methods. May 24 is the current implementation date for the new regulations, which …
Atlantic City’s land casino market continued to suffer in April, stats from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show, reporting a decline of 12.1 percent compared with a year ago. The 12 gambling halls in the gambling enclave took in $228.5 million, with revenue from table games down 6 percent at $66.8 million, and …
Nevada bill SB346, which proposes allowing private equity companies to place large ‘group’ or ‘equity’ bets on sports events through Nevada bookies may have sailed through the state Senate, but it could face a more difficult passage through the House. Nevada Gaming Control Board chief AG Burnett gave his rather negative opinion to the state …
Three-quarters of the way through its fiscal year, Nevada gaming authorities report that gambling revenue at land casinos in the state is running nearly 3 percent ahead of last year, and in March revenues showed a 7 percent gain on the same month last year. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Friday that casinos state-wide …
Online gambling in the UK is a huge growth industry, the publication MoneyWeek reported Friday, pointing to estimates that growth has been at around or over 20 percent per year for the last decade, and the UK market was worth over GBP 2 billion in 2012…80 percent ahead of just four years ago. MoneyWeek attributes …
The giant lottery and gaming giant Gruppo Lottomatica SpA, which earlier in the bidding process backed out of acquiring Greece’s OPAP gambling monopoly, has confirmed that it has purchased a minority stake in Emma Delta, the sole surviving bidder that won the tender for the Greek government’s 33 percent stake in the company. In July …
The Danish Gaming Authority has released its statistics for the first quarter of 2013 showing that remote gambling take-up has improved compared to Q1-2012, when the market liberalised. In the last two quarters the GGR for sports betting has increased to a significantly higher level than the three first quarters of 2012, the Authority discloses, …